Vatican

• 13 March 2008
  VATICAN - THE WORDS OF DOCTRINE by Rev Nicola Bux and Rev Salvatore Vitiello - Progress is not God Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - One of the evidences of our time is humanity's continual thirst for progress. This thirst is continually and amply increased by the media which, with remarkable constancy, portray progress, ...
• 13 March 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope in the General Audience: “We live in a time of meeting between cultures, of the danger of violence that destroys cultures, and of the necessary commitment to transmit the great values and to teach new generations the path to reconciliation and peace.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Schools today face significant challenges in the field of educating new generations. For this reason, schools cannot just be places for imparting ideas but are called to offer pupils the ...
• 13 March 2008
  VATICAN - The Holy See Press Office releases a communique on the Commission for the Church in China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See Press Office released the following communique today: The Commission established by Pope Benedict XVI to study the most important questions concerning the life of the Church in ...
• 12 March 2008
  VATICAN - AVE MARIA by Mgr Luciano Alimandi - The “sleep” of the disciples Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - One of the episodes we will meditate during the days of the Lord's Passion, is that of the three disciples, Peter, James and John who fall asleep in the Garden of Olives while Jesus experi ...
• 11 March 2008
  VATICAN - Youth from the Diocese of Rome accompany the Pope towards 23rd World Youth Day Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - In the Angelus on March 9, the Holy Father invited the youth of Rome to a liturgical Penance Service in preparation for World Youth Day, to be celebrated on a diocesan level on Palm Sunday. ...
• 10 March 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope celebrates Mass in the church of San Lorenzo: “Life in abundance is to be in communion with true life, with infinite love. Thus we truly enter life in abundance and become messengers of life for others ” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 9 March at 10am the Holy Father Benedict XVI celebrated Mass at the church of San Lorenzo “in Piscibus”, just outside St Peter's Square, on the occasion of the 25th anniversar ...
• 10 March 2008
  VATICAN - Positivism and materialism “have led to a boundless enthusiasm for progress” and the past appears “as a dark backdrop against which the present and future glitter with misleading promise,” Pope tells the Pontifical Committee for Historical Sciences. Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The crisis of historiography, that must “fight for its very existence in a society ruled by positivism and materialism,” was denounced by the Holy Father Benedict XVI in an audience he ...
• 10 March 2008
  VATICAN - Meeting for the commission established by Pope Benedict XVI to study life of the Church in China Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy See Press Office has released the following communique: “The commission established by Pope Benedict XVI to study the most important questions concerning the life of the Church i ...
• 10 March 2008
  VATICAN - The Pope calls for “an untiring and generous mission to face, in the area of dialogue and in the encounter with the various cultures, preaching the Gospel and testimony, the concerning threat from secularism” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Secularization, which often leads to secularism when it strays from the positive acceptance of the secular, is an arduous trial for faithful and pastors in living their Christian life,� ...
• 10 March 2008
  VATICAN - The Holy Father offers condolences for the death of Cardinal Peter Poreku Dery, retired archbishop of Tamale, one of the first Catholics of the northwestern region of Ghana Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Peter Poreku Dery, retired archbishop of Tamale (Ghana) died March 6, at 89 years of age. The Holy Father Benedict XVI expressed his condolences and prayers in a telegram, sent to ...
• 10 March 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI tells participants of the Course from the Apostolic Penitentiary: “The heart of the sacrament’s celebration is not in the sin, but in the mercy of God, that is infinitely greater than any of our sins.” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “Those who trust in themselves and in their own merits are, as it were, blinded by their own ‘I’ and their hearts harden in sin. On the other hand, those who recognize themselves as w ...
• 10 March 2008
  VATICAN - Benedict XVI in the Angelus: Christ “is the image, indeed, the incarnation of God who is love, mercy, and paternal and maternal tenderness, of the God who is Life”; additional appeal for the Holy Land and Iraq Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The resurrection of Lazarus, narrated in the Gospel for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Liturgical Cycle A, says Benedict XVI, is “the last great sign worked by Jesus, after which the high prie ...
• 7 March 2008
  VATICAN - Pope tells Bishops of Guatemala: “I encourage you to continue with renewed energy the Church's evangelizing mission in the context of modern cultural movements and globalization, giving fresh vigor to preaching and catechesis” Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “As did my venerated predecessor, John Paul II, in his first visit to your country, I encourage you to continue with renewed energy the Church's evangelizing mission in the context of mod ...
• 7 March 2008
  VATICAN - Joint Communique Released by Cardinal Bertone and Catholicos Karekin II Etchmiadzin (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of March 4, Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone initiated his official visit to Armenia, in Etchmiadzin with His Holiness Karekin II, Catholicos of All Armenians. I ...
• 7 March 2008
  VATICAN - “The document Dominus Iesus and the other religions” of Archbishop Angelo Amato, Secretary of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (fifth part) Christ's grace and non Christians: Viis sibi notis (Ad gentes, n. 7); Modo Deo cognito (Gaudium et spes, n. 22) Having established this picture of doctrinal reference, we come now to two questions. The first concerns ...